DUE APRIL 23, 2010: To what extent was Russia a country on the brink of revolution in 1914?
What led to the assassination of Alexander II? Consider all factors.
FINAL EXAM ESSAY QUESTIONS
You will be given two of the following questions to answer on the final exam. You must choose ONE question to answer.
1) Compare and contrast the causes & effects of the Opium War and the Boxer Rebellion.
2) Explain how anti-Manchu sentiment developed during the 19th century. Use the following events in your explanation: Opium War, Treaty of Nanking, Unequal Treaties, Taiping Rebellion, Sino-Japanese War, the Boxer Rebellion and anti-foreign sentiment.
3) Beginning at the start of the Qing Dynsaty, describe how conflict between the Chinese and foreigners affected developments during the Qing Dynasty. Developments can include structures of society, wars, treaties, philosophies, events, causes & effects. You must use POV to answer this question.
MING CHINA
Terminal Crisis
Manchu
Fundamental Problems of Ming China
Nurhaci
Jurchen
Wu Sangui
Tasks of Ming Government
Mandarins
Qing Motto
Mandate of Heaven
Structures of Society
bureaucratic sclerosis
Li Zicheng
Manchu Means of Cooperation & Control
Confucianism
Chinese Laws
Western Influences
Jesuits
Papal Supremacy
John Locke
Social Contract Tabula rasa
Adam Smith The Wealth of Nations
laissez faire
Human Rights
Private Property
Voltaire
Baron de Montesquieu
Qing China
Kangxi
Three Great Emperors
Chinese POV of China and of Westerners
Opium War
East India Company
Lord Napier
Lord Palmerston
Lin Tse-hsu
Role of Chinese Merchants
Captain Elliot
Causes & Effects of Opium War
Treaty of Nanking (Nanjing)
Opium War
Charles Elliot
Lord Napier
Lin Zexu
Lord Palmerston
Causes of the Opium War: Chinese POV & British POV
Why did the British trade opium in China?
Extraterritoriality
Treaty of Nanking: five ports opened (trade ports); Hong Kong: Most Favored Nation Status
Effects: Perception of Chinese Superiority Questioned; Other Western Powers want same as British; China Seen as Weakened; Chinese Discontent with the Manchu (Qing)
Taiping Rebellion
Hong Xiuquan
Li Hongzhang
Guo Zufong
Cixi, Dowager Empress
Causes: Opium War (long-term), Anti-Manchu sentiment, government corruption, poverty, Treaty of Nanking, Unequal Treaties, treaty ports, extraterritoriality, Hakka (minor group of Han), peasants, Manchu appear weak, Hong's Ideology
Effects: c.20 million people died, Qing win!, Rebels Lose!, Hong died or killed or suicide (?), Qing still look weak, foreigners become more aggressive, increasing western spehres of influence (Brit, Fr, Ger, Ital, Russia, Austria, Jap.), Self-Strengthening Movement (Chinese will try to become modern, but stay Chinese at the same time)
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1) Why did the Ming Dynasty fall?
2) Why were the Manchu Qing able to come to power in China after the Ming?
3) How did the Manchu establish control of and cooperation in China?
Cousins at War
Relationship between Royal Families
DUE APRIL 23, 2010: To what extent was Russia a country on the brink of revolution in 1914?
What led to the assassination of Alexander II? Consider all factors.
FINAL EXAM ESSAY QUESTIONS
You will be given two of the following questions to answer on the final exam. You must choose ONE question to answer.
1) Compare and contrast the causes & effects of the Opium War and the Boxer Rebellion.
2) Explain how anti-Manchu sentiment developed during the 19th century. Use the following events in your explanation: Opium War, Treaty of Nanking, Unequal Treaties, Taiping Rebellion, Sino-Japanese War, the Boxer Rebellion and anti-foreign sentiment.
3) Beginning at the start of the Qing Dynsaty, describe how conflict between the Chinese and foreigners affected developments during the Qing Dynasty. Developments can include structures of society, wars, treaties, philosophies, events, causes & effects. You must use POV to answer this question.
The Taiping Rebellion
Terms for 19th Century Qing Dynasty
MING CHINA
Terminal Crisis
Manchu
Fundamental Problems of Ming China
Nurhaci
Jurchen
Wu Sangui
Tasks of Ming Government
Mandarins
Qing Motto
Mandate of Heaven
Structures of Society
bureaucratic sclerosis
Li Zicheng
Manchu Means of Cooperation & Control
Confucianism
Chinese Laws
Western Influences
Jesuits
Papal Supremacy
John Locke
Social Contract
Tabula rasa
Adam Smith
The Wealth of Nations
laissez faire
Human Rights
Private Property
Voltaire
Baron de Montesquieu
Qing China
Kangxi
Three Great Emperors
Chinese POV of China and of Westerners
Opium War
East India Company
Lord Napier
Lord Palmerston
Lin Tse-hsu
Role of Chinese Merchants
Captain Elliot
Causes & Effects of Opium War
Treaty of Nanking (Nanjing)
Opium War
Charles Elliot
Lord Napier
Lin Zexu
Lord Palmerston
Causes of the Opium War: Chinese POV & British POV
Why did the British trade opium in China?
Extraterritoriality
Treaty of Nanking: five ports opened (trade ports); Hong Kong: Most Favored Nation Status
Effects: Perception of Chinese Superiority Questioned; Other Western Powers want same as British; China Seen as Weakened; Chinese Discontent with the Manchu (Qing)
Taiping Rebellion
Hong Xiuquan
Li Hongzhang
Guo Zufong
Cixi, Dowager Empress
Causes: Opium War (long-term), Anti-Manchu sentiment, government corruption, poverty, Treaty of Nanking, Unequal Treaties, treaty ports, extraterritoriality, Hakka (minor group of Han), peasants, Manchu appear weak, Hong's Ideology
Effects: c.20 million people died, Qing win!, Rebels Lose!, Hong died or killed or suicide (?), Qing still look weak, foreigners become more aggressive, increasing western spehres of influence (Brit, Fr, Ger, Ital, Russia, Austria, Jap.), Self-Strengthening Movement (Chinese will try to become modern, but stay Chinese at the same time)
1) Why did the Ming Dynasty fall?
2) Why were the Manchu Qing able to come to power in China after the Ming?
3) How did the Manchu establish control of and cooperation in China?
CHINA HISTORY
Contents Page
Russia & WW I
Willy Nicky Telegrams from Brigham Young University Library
Willy Nicky Telergams from First World War.com
Battles of WW I
WW I General Info & Links
Rasputin from First World War.com
Rasputin on Wikipedia
Rasputin
Research Paper Support
HOW TO WRITE AN EDITORIALWriting an Editorial
Psychoanalysis and WW I
Psychoanalysis
Repression
Anxiety
Id Ego Supergo
Shellshock and its Lessons
Faces of Degeneration
Psychology Goes to War
The Repression of War Experience
Shellshock During WW I from BBC
Medical Treatment of Shellshock
Political Cartoon Samples from USA:
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World War I Links:
First World War
The Heritage of the Great War
The Great War
WW I on the BBC
Diaries & Remembrances